Shane wrote: > I am writing a automated build script for my project that will be run > under cygwin. I will copy my updated source files to the build > directory and if there are updated files, the executables will be > built. To copy the source files, I had to use XCOPY since the > directory structure should be preserved in the destination directory > also. To copy only the updated files, I used the /D switch for XCOPY. > Now since I want to execute the source compile only if files in the > build directory have been updated, I have to use the exit codes of > XCOPY inside the script.
There are standard software development tools that solve the problems you are facing -- CVS and Make: http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Both are included in Cygwin. In the long run, you'd be better off investing in a basic to intermediate understanding of both rather than hacking together custom scripts to implement a subset of their functionality. David -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/